Well, so far so good. Lots of wind and plenty of rain, although it was surprising that we did not really see any rain until just about an hour ago. Almost all our neighbors are still around, and there was a big impromptu gathering across the street - maybe 20 people with lawn chairs and plenty of conversation about the wind and hurricanes past. It materialized around 7:00pm and didn't break up until the rain joined the party at about 10:30pm.

Conditions as of midnight are: winds in the 40s with gusts approaching 60. We still have power...although I'm not sure how long that will last. The worst for our area should be about 3 or 4 am. I may set an alarm to check things out then. We shall see. I did hear a power guy on the news saying that if they have as much damage as anticipated, it may take weeks to get the power back on.

Weeks? That's crazy talk. I hope he was either lowering expectations or talking about how long it will take to get power to every single customer, including very remote ones.

Now time for some sleep (and I need to post this before the power goes!)